Audeze has never marketed to the consumer or Low-Fi/Mid-Fi crowd. They have and will probably always will be a market towards the enthusiast crowd, and the price will represent that accordingly. I do understand the people who want to believe this headphone will be "affordable" but it just isn't realistic given Audeze's past ventures.

Sorry, enthusiast can still bitch about their prices, most especially when many people don't believe their performance reflect the price.

Sorry, enthusiast can still bitch about their prices, most especially when many people don't believe their performance reflect the price.

Okay, that is obvious, but that won't stop Audeze from pricing their products where they feel a enthusiast will buy them. It has been done in the past and will be done again, because not everyone minds paying the big bucks for their toys. Simple as that. If someone is constantly worried about price/performance, then they are in the wrong hobby, and on the wrong forum.

Are you in any way remotely insinuating that low-fi/mid-fi is related to cost? Because that's most certainly not the case. There's garbage at any price range.

I'm saying that low-fi/mid-fi are markets that look at price/performance more heavily. Price, in the summit-fi/enthusiast range is probably one of the last things that are the mind of companies. It just isn't important to them, and that is apparent in the current offerings in that market. Of coarse there is garbage at any price, I'm not debating that, nor did I say I was. I'm saying that value, is not considered heavily when companies such Audeze is designing headphones etc, IMO.

Okay, that is obvious, but that won't stop Audeze from pricing their products where they feel a enthusiast will buy them. It has been done in the past and will be done again, because not everyone minds paying the big bucks for their toys. Simple as that. If someone is constantly worried about price/performance, then they are in the wrong hobby, and on the wrong forum.

They run the risk of running into the "more is better."

And sure, if you don't mind paying for it, cool. I do however mind paying for crap.

And sure, if you don't mind paying for it, cool. I do however mind paying for crap.

I'm not debating that at all. Honestly, I agree that many products are severely overpriced. But not everyone minds paying for a $1000+ headphone even though it may sound only 3-5% (generalizing) better than a $300 headphone. That is just the way this market is and works. We pay top dollar for the subtle differences.

Also I'm not judging, but when you say crap, does that mean you have heard the them? or atleast the prototype? How are you coming to the conclusion that these are going to sound like crap? You have the LCD-3, I guess you love crap like the rest of this community.

Okay, that is obvious, but that won't stop Audeze from pricing their products where they feel a enthusiast will buy them. It has been done in the past and will be done again, because not everyone minds paying the big bucks for their toys. Simple as that. If someone is constantly worried about price/performance, then they are in the wrong hobby, and on the wrong forum.

Yeah it won't stop them from doing it, but it doesn't mean they're not ******** for doing so. Going from 1k with Audeze LCD2 to 2k with LCD3? Dick move.

I don't like statements such as this. You're basically letting Audeze and any other companies trample all over you because you're merely accepting the fact that people with deep pockets will buy expensive stuff regardless, and that people willingly accept the exponentially diminishing returns the further up they go. It's why I respect companies like Hifiman so much who actually lower the prices of their headphones and develop advanced products for cheaper and cheaper. LCD2 is at most a 500-600 dollar headphone.

Also I'm not judging, but when you say crap, does that mean you have heard the them? or atleast the prototype? How are you coming to the conclusion that these are going to sound like crap? You have the LCD-3, I guess you love crap like the rest of this community.

My entire perspective is from the viewpoint of the current state of the Audez'e closed back proto's.

Yeah it won't stop them from doing it, but it doesn't mean they're not ******** for doing so. Going from 1k with Audeze LCD2 to 2k with LCD3? Dick move.

I don't like statements such as this. You're basically letting Audeze and any other companies trample all over you because you're merely accepting the fact that people with deep pockets will buy expensive stuff regardless, and that people willingly accept the exponentially diminishing returns the further up they go. It's why I respect companies like Hifiman so much who actually lower the prices of their headphones and develop advanced products for cheaper and cheaper. LCD2 is at most a 500-600 dollar headphone.

I accept that, but again that style of marketing isn't exclusively used in the audio industry. I mean countless other markets suffer from the same tactics, automobiles, furniture, even computer parts. Bottom line is no amount of uproar is going to change the ways of big corporations or companies.

Yeah, it sounds like all the impressions so far aren't really going to be useful in the long run. With a new driver, Audeze could actually end up with a very competitive closed headphone. We're back a square one and don't really know anything yet.